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Craigie Thieves

hill or mountain · Angus · 688m

GaelicAI-generated

Craigie Thieves is a hybrid name. 'Craigie' is Gaelic for 'rocky hill'. 'Thieves' is likely a corruption of a Gaelic or Old Norse term, possibly related to a boundary or a specific feature.

Word origins

Craigie
Gaelicrocky hill(from creag "rock, crag", -ie "diminutive or possessive suffix")
Thieves
UnknownPossibly a corruption of a Gaelic or Old Norse term